As you’ll recall, a bloodied Trump got up up and put up a fist while appearing to say, “Fight, fight.”
Recently, we saw Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Taylor Walls put up a fist and mime “fight, fight,” while members of the St. Louis Cardinals held their ears and pump their fists.
It sure looks like it’s a Trump imitation:
Taylor Walls was doing the Trump “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT” after hitting a double against the Yankees and the Cardinals were doing the Trump ear cover celebration after a home run 👀pic.twitter.com/S1Mv7is5fB
A Cardinals' celebration came into question Sunday after an online outlet compared it to images that emerged shortly after an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.
Matt Carpenter insists the gesture wasn't political.
With the No. 351 overall pick in the 2024 MLB draft, the St. Louis Cardinals selected outfielder Ian Petrutz.
Several Alabama Crimson Tide baseball players heard their names called on the first two days of the 2024 MLB draft. On the third day of the 2024 MLB draft, Alabama outfielder Ian Petrutz was selected in the 12th round (No. 351 overall pick) by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Petrutz came to Alabama by way of Maryland. The New Jersey native suited up for the Terrapins under current Alabama head coach Rob Vaughn. In two years in College Park, Petrutz amassed a .288 batting average to go along with 23 home runs and 91 runs batted in.
Following his sophomore season, Petrutz entered the transfer portal. Ultimately, he chose to reunite with Coach Vaughn and suit up for the Crimson Tide. In one season at Alabama, Petrutz held a .320 average with six home runs and 41 runs batted in.
Petrutz will have the option to return to Tuscaloosa if he so chooses. However, he could also elect to remain a part of the Cardinals organization and sign a professional contract. A decision regarding Petrutz’s future will likely be determined in the next few days to weeks.
Notre Dame baseball made its mark in the MLB draft on Monday, with two players getting selected by the eighth round.
First it was infielder Jack Penney getting taken in the fifth round by the Detroit Tigers. It was pitcher [autotag]Jack Findlay[/autotag]’s turn as he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the eight round.
The lefty missed this past season after undergoing Tommy John surgery, which is a bit of a risk for the Cardinals. They liked what they saw during his previous two seasons, and must have believed that he’ll make a full recovery. It will be interesting to see what their plan is for him.
Either way, congrats to Jack on accomplishing a huge milestone. We look forward to watching a prosperous MLB career.
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St. Louis Cardinals analyst and former MLB outfielder Jim Edmonds did NOT like what he saw from Chicago Cubs slugger Christopher Morel on Sunday.
But let’s be serious here: home runs are awesome and should be celebrated as such. Morel’s celebration was relatively tame compared to others, too! He tossed his bat, trotted around gleefully and that’s it.
But here’s what Edmonds said: “This kid’s celebration is a joke. I don’t mind saying it at all. I’ve never seen anything like it. I just don’t get it. You’re a .229 hitter in the big leagues and you’re running around like you’re Barry Bonds.”
Come on!
“This kid’s celebration is a joke. I don’t mind saying it at all… You’re a .229 hitter in the big leagues and you’re running around like you’re Barry Bonds.”
Cardinals legend Yadier Molina set aside the heated rivalry to coach his son’s travel team — the Chicago Cubs.
“Cursed image.” “A sin.” “Just threw up a little bit in my mouth.”
Each comment left under Talkin’ Baseball’s post on social media platform X is an apt description of baseball’s newest and strangest viral image: St. Louis Cardinals legend Yadier Molina wearing the gear of the Chicago Cubs.
It’s a jump scare the way Johnny Damon appeared cleanly shaven in a New York Yankees uniform after the former Boston Red Sox outfielder signed with the Yanks. But Molina, obviously, is retired from the game. This Cubs jacket, hat, shorts, and bag were more forced upon him: It is his son’s travel team, of which Molina is the coach.
See the image, shared by Talkin’ Baseball from protected Instagram account @louis_33:
Yadier Molina is coaching his son’s travel team who are the Cubs
Molina, one of the best catchers of all time, played all 19 MLB seasons with the Cardinals. During that time, he made 10 all-star games, won nine Gold Gloves and four Platinum Gloves, was a Silver Slugger, and was a two-time World Series champion.
Despite fairly pedestrian hitting numbers, Molina has as good a Hall of Fame case as any other catcher of his generation.
And to emphasize: All 19 of those seasons were with the Cardinals. The Cubs rivalry runs in Molina’s blood. But now the Cubs colors run on his uniform.
As good of a baseball player as he was, this is Hall of Fame father material right here.
As the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals squared off at the legendary ballpark in Birmingham, Alabama, the Fox Sports broadcast threw it back to 1954 and put an old-timey filter on the game being played.
The game went to playing in black-and-white via a very old television set, which really gave you the feel like you were watching a baseball game all the way back when televisions were just being introduced to the public.
You just don’t often get innovative quirks like this during the regular season of any sport, so for Fox Sports to pull this off for the Rickwood Field game is just beyond cool.
It made an already fantastic night all the more memorable, and we really hope Fox Sports brings this back in the future.
A giant of the game in every sense of the word, Mays was arguably the greatest ball player ever, and his impact on the sport itself, while tremendous, extended well beyond the parameters of a bog-standard baseball diamond.
On Thursday, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals will play a special regular-season game at the legendary Rickwood Field, the oldest baseball stadium in the United States. The evening and its planned celebrations will take on a little bit more of a somber note in the wake of Mays’ death.
Here’s why Rickwood Field was so important to Mays and the history of baseball.
Why Rickwood Field is so special
JOE MOCK [Via MerlinFTP Drop]Having been open since 1910, no baseball stadium likely holds as much influence and gravitas as Rickwood Field. In the early parts of the 20th century, the Birmingham Barons of the Negro Leagues played on the field. They later changed their name to the Birmingham Black Barons and remained as such from 1924 to 1960.
Even when the Negro Leagues disbanded in 1948 after MLB integrated Black players, Rickwood Field remained an essential fixture in Birmingham and the greater baseball community. It is officially part of the National Register of Historic Places.
Some of the most famous Black players in baseball history have played at Rickwood Field during intermittent stints with the Black Barons. With Mays obviously included, the list notably also features:
Jackie Robinson
Satchel Paige
Josh Gibson
Ernie Banks
Hank Aaron
Needless to say, these are genuinely some of the biggest heavy-hitters baseball has ever seen.
Before his death, Mays was set to be honored individually on Thursday night. The Alabama native played a season at Rickwood Field with the Black Barons when he was 17 years old before officially jumping to the MLB, where he spent the majority of his career with the Giants.
“I wish I could come out to Rickwood Field this week to be with you all and enjoy that field with my friends. Rickwood’s been part of my life for all of my life. Since I was a kid. It was just ‘around the corner there’ from Fairfield [the town where Mays went to high school], and it felt like it had been there forever. Like a church. The first big thing I ever put my mind to was to play at Rickwood Field. It wasn’t a dream. It was something I was going to do. I was going to work hard to be one of the Birmingham Black Barons and play ball at Rickwood Field. That’s what I did. It was my start. My first job. You never forget that. Rickwood Field is where I played my first home game, and playing there was IT — everything I wanted.”
A pregame ceremony will pay tribute to the baseball icon in the wake of Mays’ death. The Giants and Cardinals will wear unique uniforms representative of Negro Leagues teams from San Francisco and St. Louis to commemorate the occasion.
Sometimes you just have to hand it to Paul Skenes. Even when you’re cheering for the other team.
[autotag]Paul Skenes[/autotag] is so good at pitching that sometimes you just have to hand it to him, even if you’re a fan of the other team.
Skenes has made just six starts at the Major League level for the Pirates since the 2023 first-overall pick was called up earlier this season, but he already looks like one of the best pitchers in baseball. He turned in another gem on Tuesday night against the Cardinals, pitching 6.1 shutout innings while striking out eight batters.
While the lack of run support cost Skenes a win as the game was still tied at zero when he exited, the Pirates did ultimately earn a 2-1 victory. And when Skenes came out of the game in the seventh inning, he received a standing ovation.
Skenes is off to a red-hot start in The Show, having struck out 46 batters while walking just six in 33.1 innings while posting a season ERA of 2.43. If that trend continues, he could be a shoo-in for Rookie of the Year.
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You know you’re good when the opposing fan base gives you a standing ovation.
Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes has been wowing the entire MLB after making his professional debut last month.
He impressed St. Louis Cardinals fans so much during a game on Tuesday night that they gave him a standing ovation after he exited in the seventh inning.
Skenes had a tremendous outing in St. Louis on Tuesday night, and the Cardinals fans in attendance couldn’t help but give the rookie his flowers for how well he played.
The Pirates ace has an incredibly bright future ahead of him in the majors, and the fans in attendance at Busch Stadium got a front row seat to just how great he already is.
Wondering how hard MLB players swing a bat? I guess that’s what we can attribute this weirdness to on Sunday: St. Louis Cardinals vet Matt Carpenter took a fastball from Bryse Wilson that broke his bat.
But replays showed something bizarre — the ball didn’t break the bat! It was broken as Carpenter took his swing before it hit the fastball! That’s a fluky thing that you won’t see happen that often, and what’s more, the bat landed in the grass, embedded into the dirt. It was quite the sequence.
Here’s the whole thing, with some slow-mo to help you see what happened.
